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<p>The number of female offenders sentenced to custody by court level and police force
area, including the metropolitan police force area, in 2017, can be found in the Court
outcomes by Police Force Area data tool, which can be found at the below link:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p><p>
</p><p>Select the drop down boxes referring to custodial sentence length in order
to establish sentence lengths. Select female from the sex drop box and, once having
done this, young adults and adults to establish women. Offence classification can
be found in both the Offence Type and Offence group boxes, depending on which categorisation
is required here.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2018 are planned for publication
on 16 May 2019, with data for 2019 planned for publication in May 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Our
vision, as set out in our Female Offender Strategy, is to see fewer women coming into
the criminal justice system and a greater proportion managed successfully in the community.
To achieve this, we have invested £5m to support community provision for female offenders
and women at risk of offending.</p><p> </p><p>There is persuasive evidence showing
community sentences, in certain circumstances, are more effective than short custodial
sentences in reducing reoffending. The MoJ study ‘The impact of short custodial sentences,
community orders and suspended sentence orders on re-offending’ published in 2015
found that over a 1-year follow up period, a higher proportion of people re-offended
having been sentenced to custody of under 12 months without supervision on release
than other similar people given community orders.</p><p> </p><p>Unless we tackle the
underlying causes of offending, we cannot protect the public from being victims of
crime. Effective community orders can address offenders’ behaviour, answer their mental
health and alcohol or drug misuse needs, and provide reparation for the benefit of
the wider community.</p>
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